Little Green Footballs

Monday, November 14, 2005

PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- A dozen members of a far-right party held a brief protest in front of the French Embassy on Saturday, defying a ban on the rally by Prague authorities.

The National Party said it had planned the "protest against black violence" and what it called "racial terror in France."

Prague's City Hall this week banned the demonstration, saying its aim would be to incite racial hatred as its organizers had voiced opposition to violence "committed by immigrants of non-French origin, mainly from Africa" when announcing the event.

A dozen or so party members gathered in defiance of the ban, and briefly displayed banners that read "Islam in Europe leads to terrorism in the streets" and "Black racism" before they left....continue